The commission gave the order hearing a petition filed alleging negligence on the part of traffic police led to the death of a plus three student of Ravenshaw University after being hit by a speeding truck at college square in Cuttack on September 5.

“Automobile industry is a major contributor to the pollution levels. So we decided to launch a campaign of 'one vehicle one plant' so that vehicle owners can fulfil their responsibility towards the environment by planting a tree,” said Sanjay Behera, regional transport officer

In order to exhibit the model stretches of national highways as per norms, NHAI plans to develop 57 stretches of NH (1,735 kms) across the length and breadth of the country near each state capital, the NHAI official said. These model stretches will serve as a platform to instruct the highway engineers.